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The First Declaration of Human Rights
What is currently covered by human rights
such as freedom, equality and other human
concepts according to which the rights of ethnic
minorities as well as different nations and races
are protected has been mentioned for the first
time in the form of the law in the human rights
declaration of Cyrus the Great.
The Hottest Point on Earth
In the Lut Desert, just 80 km north of the city of
Shahdad, there is a hill made up of volcanic lava
with a total area of 480 square kilometers which
is known as “Gandom-e Beryan (roasted wheat)”
and “Rig-e Soukhteh (burned sand)” which is the
hottest point on earth with a temperature of 67
degrees centigrade in the shade! There is no form
of life recognized at Gandom-e Beryan, which
covers a space which measures 200 km long and
150 kmwide. Before this place was discovered by
Professor Parviz Kordavani, the Libyan Desert in
North Africa, where temperature goes as high up
as 57.7 degrees Centigrade, was considered the
hottest place on earth. That record has been now
given to Gandom-e Beryan. If you actually want
to visit the hottest point on the planet, you should
plan your trip between November and April.
The Tallest Brick Tower in the World
Gonbad-e Qabus
Tower was built in
996 AD in Jorjan
(the
present-day
city of Gonbad-e
Qabus), which was
the capital city of
their
government.
The building has been
constructed
using
bricks and mortar and
has been shaped like a
multifaceted cylinder,
which consist of the
foundation, a water
reservoir, the body, and
a conical dome. Qabus
Tower is located on the
top of an earthen hill
which stands about 15
meters above the ground. The tower is 55 meters
high which when added to the height of the hill,
increases overall height of the tower from the
ground to 70 meters.
The Largest Adobe Building in the World
The Arg-e Bam is the largest adobe building in
the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kermān
Province of southeastern Iran. It is listed by
UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site
"Bam and its Cultural Landscape". The origin of
this enormous citadel on the Silk Road can be Its